Looks Unfamiliar

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is writer Jonny Morris, who's selecting MODE 2 for writing up his recollections of the BBC Micro Welcome cassette, The Dandy sci-fi strip Jack Silver, non-canonical Mr. Men book Mr. Spendy, The Carmen Ejogo Video Show, Dead Ernest and Jesta Giggle by The Barron Knights. Along the way we'll be finding out how to estimate James Bond's 'Biorhythms', what the second worst ZX Spectrum game was, how many times it's possible to say 'Padmasambhava' in one sentence and why The Barron Knights should have covered T.V.O.D.. Also, we solve two mystery half-recollections live on air!

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Jonny talking about Galaxy Gold by Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra, Battlestar Galactica action figures, the disastrous second season of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, H.G, Wells’ The Shape Of Things To Come, Fall Out by DATA and Space Wars – Fact And Fiction on Looks Unfamiliar here and Crackerjack! on The Golden Age Of Children's TVhere.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. I'm fairly sure The Barron Knights would have an amusing song to hand about how it doesn't taste like real coffee.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

This is a collection of highlights from featuring Will Maclean on Once Upon A Time... Man, Una McCormack on Screw-Top Virgin Marys, Rae Earl on Codename Icarus, Jacqueline Rayner on Pippa Dolls, Samira Ahmed on Nurdin & Peacock Own Brand Cola, and Steve Berry on school hymn book Morning Has Broken. Along the way we'll be finding out why you can’t hide a pierced ear from Jesus, just how far you can balance a hymn book on the edge of a church balcony, what measures to take when a runaway horse smashes into a bathroom factory, and what precautions you should take whilst within twelve thousand square feet of anywhere that may or may not have played host to agricultural pesticide at some indeterminate point in history. Plus there’s also something you may not have heard before – Tim on the radio talking about Georgie Fame's long-forgotten theme from The Amazing Adventures Of Morph.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It goes without saying that Mr. Bennett should not be trusted to deliver it.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

This is a collection of highlights featuring Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge on the Jaws board game, Ben Baker on Mysteries Of Old Peking, Martin Ruddock on Doomlord, Steve O'Brien on High Time and Ice Cold Cube by The Stone Roses, Jem Roberts on an advert reuniting Neil and Vyvyan from The Young Ones and Mark Griffiths on The Bloke Who Pulled His Pants Down On Kilroy. Along the way we'll be finding out why nothing is scarier than a playing field in Slough, how to spot Simon Bates in disguise via a series of cryptic clues and what musical genres 'The Youngs Ones' avid were followers of. Plus there's also something you may not have heard - Tim on the radio talking to Mark Thompson about the 2009 revival of The Prisoner, which - perhaps unsurprisingly - everyone seems to have forgotten about...

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. This will be used for recreating the 'antidote' scene from The Prisoner, only using seven different types of coffee.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

This is a collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Stephen O'Brien on The Morecambe And Wise Game, Garreth Hirons on Food Fighters, Emma Burnell on The Patchwork Monkey, Phil Catterall on the ZX Spectrum tie-in game for Platoon, Mark Thompson on Night Shift and Ben Baker on Fiendish Feet. Along the way we'll be finding out when it’s appropriate to address Colin Bennett as ‘Vince Purity’, how many issues of ‘Razzle And Wise’ were published and just which elements of The Untouchables were considered appropriate for a scrolling platform game aimed at children, not to mention revisiting the classic horror film ‘Dracula Vs. The Skeleton’. Plus there's also something you may not have heard before - Tim on the radio talking to Georgey Spanswick about ridiculous seventies board games from Are You Being Served? and War Of The Daleks to James Hunt's Grand Prix Racing Game and Miss World.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It will not be enjoyed at a Board Game Café whilst playing Pop Twenty.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is writer Una McCormack, who is scouring the book table at the church fete in the hope of stumbling across school songbook Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay, Screw-Top Virgin Marys, Desert Wellies, Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Family novels, Jackanory series Tales From The Edge Of The World, and short-lived toy craze Trick Sticks. Along the way we'll be finding out why asking about 'Mr. Benn Men' in school is frowned on, how to attract boys from the school across the brook by rolling up your socks and narrowing your tie, and why you can't hide a pierced ear from Jesus. Also, there's LIVE YO-YO TRICKS!

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.You can also find Una on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about The Children Of Green Knowe here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It will not be served in a 3D Lenticular Pope mug.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is writer Jacqueline Rayner, who's heading to the top of the department store on a mission to find out if anyone else shares her recollections of Quincy's Quest, Quosh Tropical, Klonks'N'Klones, Bernie Clifton's comedy character El Bandido, Pippa Dolls and Honey Bear Spread. Along the way we'll be finding out how to tell if Morecambe And Wise are coming to murder you, the best adventure Doctor Who never had, what measures to take when a runaway horse smashes into a bathroom factory, and why you should avoid German Smarties at all costs. Plus if you can tell us the name of Jac's mystery scary children's programme, or alternately who said 'bastards' on Radio 4, please let us know...!

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It'll do until we get hold of some Quosh Tropical.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is writer Will Maclean, who's hoping that if he zooms the camera magnification out far enough someone will share his hazy recollections of educational historical cartoon Once Upon A Time... Man, educational storybook In The Sofa, educational short film Powers Of Ten, sci-fi comedy animation Galaxy High, dangerous dance craze 'The Snake', and the episode of The Sooty Show where Sweep's brain was surgically enlarged. Along the way we'll be finding out who lived at 9 The Road (Great Britain, The Solar System), questioning the best course of treatment for an incapacitated Emu, and trying not to think about what happened when thePlay School toys ran amok off-camera.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Will on Looks Unfamiliar talking about the Zegazoid Chew Bar, The Song And The Story, Look And Read: The King’s Dragon, The Fourth Pan Book Of Horror Stories, The Weekend Book Of Ghosts And Horror and Photographs Of The Unknown here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not buy us a coffee here? Preferably the temperature and potency of whatever volcanic mayhem Barnaby is presiding over in the Once Upon A Time… Man opening titles.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is writer, broadcaster and TV Crisp Expert Steve Berry, who's turning to number fifty four in the hope of finding Single Versions Of Pop Songs That Never Get Played Anywhere Any More, Elastoplast Heroes, United States Of Television, Skoal Bandits, the Starblazer Electronic Space Command Belt and school assembly songbook Morning Has Broken. Along the way - when we're not stalking Richard Herring - we'll be musing on the hard-hitting storylines Grange Hill missed, discovering the identity of 'Ant Marco', and working out just how far you can balance a hymn book on the edge of a church balcony without the inevitable occurring. Plus there's ten million points if you can work out which comedian is noisily drinking coffee in the background...

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Steve on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Words And Pictures: Witches Of Halloween, Smiths Horror Bags and Vincent Price’s MB Games adverts here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not buy us a coffee here? It may generate slightly less noise than the one in the background of this edition.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, who's looking behind the headlines for hazy recollections of ITV Saturday Morning show The Saturday Banana, Children's BBC drama The Changes, Mary Quant-designed action doll Havoc, Nurdin & Peacock Own Brand Cola, ZX Spectrum game Thro' The Wall (especially if played on the School Computer), childhood misapprehensions about the news, and that time that ITV schools show Picture Box used a clip from Cleopatra Jones. Along the way we'll be pondering what Jacob Rees-Mogg could have learned from Metal Mickey, swapping stories about writing to Newsround and Week Ending as youngsters, and finding out the appropriate circumstances for marrying off poseable action figures - and if anyone out there can help us track down the edition of Picture Box in question, please get in touch...

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Samira on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Selfridges' Space: 1999 Walkthrough, Good Looks Ahead and The Fun Food Factory here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not buy us a coffee here? It can go in this Mary Quant mug, in fact.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.

Joining Tim this time is writer Rae Earl, who's asking 7-Zark-7 to locate transmissions that prove that she's not just making up the episodes of Battle Of The Planets where Zoltar was a woman, Rock'n'Bubble Bubble Gum, Puzzle Party, Codename Icarus, The Home Cookery Club and short-lived comedy sensation Cheese And Onion. Along the way we'll be finding out which Europop duo based their entire image on extruded sugar, assessing the commercial potential of a Panini Sticker Scented Candle, and advising what precautions you should take whilst within twelve thousand square feet of anywhere that may or may not have played host to agricultural pesticide at some indeterminate point in history. Plus there's also a bit of bonus chatter about the Channel 4 transmissions of The Gong Show and imported Canadian children's variety show The Yellow House.

You can find more episodes of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org. You can also find Rae on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Camberwick Green here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not buy us a coffee here? I’m not sure what bubblegum cards you’d get with it though. Maybe Xavier Cugat and Bebel Gilberto?